Concept

Nemesis

Overview

In ancient Greek religion and myth, Nemesis ( ; Ancient Greek: Νέμεσις, romanized: Némesis, lit. 'Distribution'), also called Rhamnousia (or Rhamnusia; Ancient Greek: Ῥαμνουσία, romanized: Rhamnousía, lit. 'the goddess of Rhamnous'), was the goddess who personified retribution for the sin of hubris: arrogance before the gods.

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Philosophers who discussed Nemesis

• Albert Camus

Related ideas

• Aphrodite
• Greek language
• Athens
• Goddess
• Hadrian
• Hesiod
• Retributive justice
• Aeschylus
• Greek mythology
• Rome
• Sophocles
• Theogony
• Zeus
• Eratosthenes
• Proto-Indo-European language
• Demeter
• Metamorphoses
• Eris (mythology)

Place in the tradition

Part of Absurdism.

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